• Dran@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Perhaps I just did a bad job of explaining my position; I agree. I just think it’s worth considering the unintended consequences of a rug pull. Maybe we need to wean the industry off slowly or something else entirely. etc. all I was getting at was that caution doesn’t immediately mean someone is bought and paid for by industry lobbies. There is nuance here.

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        7 months ago

        Imagine this exact comment, but for advertising cigarettes to children.

        If a business depends on doing harm to people to create ever-increasing shareholder value, that business deserves to burn.

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        7 months ago

        Thinking about any unintended consequences is always good. I also agree that a ‘rug pull’ in general terms is not a good thing, however; since we are talking about the privacy of the consumer and turning said privacy into a consumer right, I don’t think there will be a lot of negative consequences. The companies are going to complain but they do that no matter what.

        Personally I think, any company that solely relies on selling user data as revenue stream deserves to go down.